NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Media Control Embedded Release date: December 16, 2014 Release type: Production Software version: 7.0.8.4 File name(s): AxisMediaControlEmb.dll Supported OS: XP Professional, 2003 Server, Vista, 2008 Server, Windows 7, 2012 Server and Windows 8. Use latest Service Packs. Preceding release: 7.0.8.2 RELEASE 7.0.8.4 =============== Corrections =========== C01 Fixed bug that Windows forced the fullscreen window to be shown at the same monitor every time for the current session. C02 User name and password are remembered also for additional media sources. Modifications ============= RELEASE 7.0.8.2 =============== Corrections =========== C01 Fixed problem with unexpected network timeout shortly after recording is started when using RTP unicast/multicast. C02 ASF-files containing H.264 video does not longer show an initial "green screen" in newer VLC releases. C03 File name reflects the correct time when taking snapshot when stream is stopped. C04 The taskbar icon is now shown correctly when opening a localized control panel instance. C05 Support seeking of Edge Storage recordings in Windows Media Player. C06 Fixed problem with playback of hi-res Motion JPEG over RTP/RTSP. C07 Popup dialog erases itself correctly after dismissal when AMC is in stopped mode. C08 Fixed problem with video freeze in fullscreen with EVR. C09 AMC Control Panel are now correctly translated to traditional Chinese when opened from Windows Control Panel. C10 Motion JPEG sometimes didn't work if the proxy settings in Internet Explorer was changed. C11 Fixed an error that caused the language DLL not to be correctly uninstalled. C12 Error message is displayed when user tries to save motion detection configuration using non-ISO-8859 characters in windows name. C13 RTP/RTSP and audio error messages are now correctly shown in traditional Chinese. C14 Memory leak streaming Motion JPEG over RTP/RTSP. C15 MD-motion detection window names containing '.', '/' or '\' are now correctly saved. C16 When AMC window focus is lost now we send a 0 move command to the PTZ camera to stop movement. C17 Fixed crash when very long overlay text is used. C18 Solved problem with missing tooltips for button and slider controls (bug introduced in version 6.3) C19 AMC automatically switches to Video Mixing Renderer 9 when trying to playback video with resolution higher than 1080p if VMR7 + overlays is selected. C20 Fixed mem leak when running EVR with overlays enabled. C21 Highest PTZ-speed can now be reached when using a calibrated joystick. New Features ============ F01 AAC stereo support over RTSP/RTP and HTTP multipart. F02 Basic image interpolation when video view does not match image size (MJPEG over HTTP). F03 Improved readability of pixel counter. F04 Support for Video Motion Detection 3 configuration. F05 Spinning wheel indication when metadata stream is loading. F06 The RTP Playout buffer setting is applied directly to an ongoing stream when clicking OK/Apply from the control panel. F07 New property in UserWindow: AMC_USER_WINDOW_PROPERTY_NO_HEADER_DELIMITER removes the line that delimits the window's title and body. Modifications ============= M01 To avoid confusion about the AMC version no zero-padding is now used to describe the short AMC version in the general tab, e.g. "7.00" -> "7.0" for AMC version "7.0.5.0". M02 A smaller Area Zoom window can now be drawn to faster reach a higher magnification. RELEASE 6.3.10.0 ================ Corrections =========== C01 ASF-files including AAC-audio does not longer stutter when played in VLC or uploaded to YouTube. C02 AMC now supports H.264 high profile. C03 AMC no longer crashes on machines with more than 8 logical CPU Cores C04 No latency when pausing/resuming RTSP stream. C05 No hanging when locking/unlocking screen using VRM7 on Windows 7. C06 No hanging when switching between remote desktop and local login. New Features ============ F01 Edge Storage streamed playback (seeking/pause). F02 Forward frame stepping supported for streamed recordings. F03 RTP/RTSP Source Filter redesigned. F04 New property: FocusWindowMode can be set to allow the user to specify a focus window. F05 Pause playback from context menu. F06 Proxy support for http/https. F07 Support for traditional Chinese. Modifications ============= M01 VMR9 (Video Mixing Renderer 9) is now used as default. M02 Improved mouse wheel zoom. M03 UserObject: Left-mouse-button click is now used to add points to Polygon/Polyline/DirectionalLine primitives. M04 UserObject: Polygon/Polyline/DirectionalLine/Ellipse is now moved by dragging the shape bounding box (visible when mouse hover). M05 Improved UserObject interaction, e.g. Video Motion Detection 2.1 configuration, to make it easier for the user to move and modify overlapping objects. RELEASE 6.2.10.12 ================= Corrections =========== C01 AMC no longer crashes on machines with more then 8 logical CPU Cores. C02 ASF-recordings including AAC-audio now sounds good in VLC and on youtube. RELEASE 6.2.10.11 ================= Corrections =========== C01 Some localization fixes. C02 Fixed problem with metadata synchronization. RELEASE 6.2.10.8 ================ Corrections =========== C01 Recording status is now removed also after a network loss. C02 Windows 8 compatible. C03 Fixed problem with undetected network loss when streaming over RTP. C04 Windows 8 compatible MJPEG decoder included (resolves problem with DllHost-crash when generating thumbnails in Windows Explorer - "COM Surrogate stopped working"). C05 Audio remain heard after a streamed recording is replayed when end-of-stream has been reached. C06 MD configuration correctly handles '#' and '?' characters. RELEASE 6.2.10.0 ================ Corrections =========== C01 Corrected problem with G.711 stream in ASF recordings not compatible with the built-in G.711 Wrapper MFT in (Windows Media Foundation). C02 AMC can now receive UDP packages that is larger than 1500bytes. C03 Decreased metadata stream startup time. New Features ============ F01 Panopsis GUI mode including magnify and overview windows. F02 Support for Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese languages. RELEASE 6.0.6.0 ================ Corrections =========== C01 Handling playback failure when playing a file from a disconnecting network share. C02 Only video-stopped overlay is shown when stopped in full screen. C03 Full screen only loose focus when using PTZ controls. C04 UserWndChanged event will not be triggered when moving the pixel counter window. C05 The server validation done by rtpsrcfilter when using digest authentication (encrypted) failed if qop (quality of protection) wasn't enabled in the server. C06 AMC can now be disposed or stopped immediately during an attempt to open the transmit channel when another client is already transmitting. C07 Video Stopped is now the only overlay that is shown when stopped in full screen. C08 Full screen only loose focus when using PTZ controls. C09 "Rejected untrusted certificate" will now be returned if the user doesn't accept the security alert or the Popups property includes AMC_SUPPRESS_UNTRUSTED_CA. C10 CurrentPosition(64) property now correctly reflects the stream position after the end of stream/file has been reached. New Features ============ F01 Added support for using Enhanced Video Renderer (Windows 7 or above). Modifications ============= M01 The talk/listen tooltip has been changed to "Click to talk/Click to listen" in toggle mode and "Push to talk" in Push to talk mode. M02 New property: VideoRenderer. Added global video renderer property to replace all payload specific variants and to support this functionality also for file playback. M03 Ability to browse error/notification messages. RELEASE 5.9.10.0 ================ Corrections =========== C01 AMC is now more tolerant for invalid ptz parameter input. C02 Fixed resource leak in HTTP-audio component. C03 The MPEG-4 stream stored in ASF container is now compatible with Windows 7 decoder. C04 The signed product name of some sub modules has been fixed. C05 MJPEG Decoder (RTSP): Fixed "COM Surrogate error" problem generating thumbnails in Windows Explorer. C06 MJPEG Decoder (RTSP): Decoder output full range YUV also for JPEG-411. New Features ============ F01 File playback: AMC shows error message if audio could not be rendered due to missing audio hardware. F02 Support for streaming audio from secondary audio input on camera/encoder. F19 Improved ASF recording for H.264. It is now possible to start playback of asf-files from an arbritary position. Modifications ============= M01 Removed extra HTTP request to grab credentials from IE when running non-HTTP RTP. This only worked for basic authentication and could impact performance and stability. RELEASE 5.9.9.0 =============== Corrections =========== C01 The client ports selection, when using rtp unicast, is now making sure that the ports are unused before binding them. C02 Fixed problem with adding/removing points on user objects when running RTSP. C03 Fixed problem with disappearing ptz-control overlays when using small viewing size compared to dimensions of the video stream (RTSP). C04 Resolved crash using full-duplex multipart audio when restarting transmit stream. C05 Fixed problem with losing receive audio when starting transmit stream using full duplex + multipart-message type (reproducible only with FW < 5.50). C06 Added the possibility to map the audio buttons in the AMC toolbar to Joystick buttons. C07 Added the possibility to map recording action to Joystick buttons. C08 Configuration lines can be changed when zero length. C09 Fixed problem with RTP source failing to receive RTSP::PAUSE response after a number of pause/resume operations. AMC reported "Server did not respond" after moving AMC between primary and secondary monitor many times. C10 Prevented AMC of opening active-movie window. Instead an error message is sent when this is unavoidable. C11 Fixed problem with popup-window disappearing when scrolling parent window when AMC is stopped. C12 AMC aborts relative ptz operation when control focus is lost, e.g. when login dialog pops up. New Features ============ F01 A pixel counter can now be enabled via AMC context menu. F02 Support for parsing and overlaying VideoMotionDetection ONVIF meta stream events. F03 ONVIF meta data overlays can now be oriented according to the rotation and mirror properties of the video stream. F04 Added support for multicast when using IPv6 in AMC. F05 Basic support for ONVIF Video Analytics metadata visualization. Modifications ============= M01 RTSP OPTIONS is now used for keep-alive. This prevents stream timeout if RTCP sender reports cannot reach the camera. M02 Removed support for audio transmit using HTTP-multicast (server support has been removed from FW 5.xx). Singlepart will be used always regardless of message type setting used by the encoder. M03 Visual event notifications are shown for a fixed duration, e.g. cross line events are shown for at least 1 sec. M04 AMC will send error message when successfully loaded RTP Source but when no streams are provided. RELEASE 5.8.5.0 =============== Corrections =========== C01 Motion Detection configuration pane is now operational when no video stream is rendered. C02 Fixed problem with volume sliders (introduced in version 5.6.2.0). C03 Enable/disable audio in default stream profiles now works. C04 Fixed problem with blurry image when viewing H.264 or MPEG-4 stream without aspect ratio correction (pixel-mapped). This fix only applies when using 'Advanced Video Rendering' (VMR9). C05 Fixed problem with remaining TCP connections when transmitting audio. C06 Fixed GDI resource leak. New Features ============ F01 Added support for recording audio only to asf. F02 ONVIF meta data stream support. F03 Recording can now be started and stopped from the context menu. F04 Support for transmitting G.711 audio in 16 kHz. Modifications ============= M01 Simplified RTP buffer settings in Control Panel (buffer settings are now payload independent). M02 Added new property page to Control Panel, 'Streaming', containing RTSP/RTP settings. M03 Simplified video rendering options in Control Panel (video rendering options are now payload independent). M04 Added new property page to Control Panel, 'Video'. RELEASE 5.6.2.9 =============== Corrections =========== C01 Fixed crash when sdp data contains non supported streams. C02 Added left out parsing of video-signal-type object in MPEG-4 Visual Object Sequence Header. Modifications ============= M01 ADTS header is no longer added to the AAC samples in the ASF file. AAC audio stream will now be playable in Windows 7 and compatible with some third-party audio codecs. RELEASE 5.6.2.7 =============== Corrections =========== C01 OnMouseMoveEvent is now working when AMC is stopped. C02 Image width and height information from SDP are now used to reconstruct JPEG header (SOF marker), instead of the values from the RTP payload header since it can't represent values which are not a multiple of 8, i.e. 800x450. New Features ============ Modifications ============= RELEASE 5.6.2.2 ================= Corrections =========== C01 Fixed problem with hanging AMC related to "Input Volume Msg Wnd" not responding. C02 AMC now restarts the stream after the screen has been locked/unlocked. C03 Fixed sometimes occurring hang when starting a recording while using the RTSP/RTP protocol. C04 Fixed problem with AMC freezes when the receive buffer is full (RTP). AMC now always stops when this buffer is full. C05 The audio stream was not started correctly when running audio without video. This has now been fixed. C06 Fixed problem with trashed image in H.264 using image widths not dividable by 16 (i.e. 450x800). C07 Fixed problem with the same BMP-image beeing returned from GetCurrentImage when the movie window lost focus. C08 Improved volume slider responsiveness. New Features ============ F01 Motion JPEG over RTP/RTSP F02 Motion detection windows displays the window id together with the name. F03 Added error message when saving Motion Detection configuration failed. F04 Added option in Control Panel to enable/disable deblocking filter for MPEG-4. F05 Added option in Control Panel to specify decoding quality for H.264. F06 Added option in Control Panel to allow frame dropping in decoder (default) for MPEG-4/H.264. F07 Added possibility to select audio input source (default: Microphone) from Control Panel. F08 Snapshots are aspect ratio corrected. F09 Support for receiving video and audio from different RTSP servers. Modifications ============= M01 Added a possibility to use a very small playout buffer (small delay) when running MJPEG ('Min'). 'Medium' is now equal to the old 'Min' option (stil default). M02 The RTP buffer max size has been reduced. M03 Asf-recordings includes aspect ratio to always give correct proportions at playback. M04 AMC requires version 2.1.1.0 or higher of the MPEG-4 decoder. M05 Fullscreen background color is now black on default. M06 Audio clock is now used for media stream synchronization instead of CPU clock as before. RELEASE 5.4.17.21 ================= Corrections =========== C01 Fix to prevent stuttering image in video only recordings on slower PCs. C02 Fixed crash when trying to receive AAC audio over http without having AAC decoder installed. C03 Improvments in RTCP implementation which prevents stuttering in live view video. C04 Fixed problem with hanging AMC on repeated recording using RTP/RTSP protocol. C05 Fixed problem with audio receive playout (HTTP) buffer. Modifications ============= M01 Disabled transparency effect on motion detection configuration windows due to performance issue. M02 Audio toggle/push/secrecy buttons now unmutes the designated audio channel. RELEASE 5.4.17.5 ================ Corrections =========== C01 Fixed problem with transmitting audio to older servers. Modifications ============= M01 Supports new G7xx MIME types. RELEASE 5.4.17.4 =============== Corrections =========== C01 Fixed problem with Motion Detection using multiple video sources. C02 The red PTZ vector is now working after a play/stop in MPEG-4. C03 Fixed problem with missing error messages in motion detection configuration. C04 Fixed audio quality problem when transmitting G726 24kbits/s. C05 General improvements for audio transmission. C06 Fixed fullscreen problem when using same resolution on desktop and camera. C07 Fixed an error when encoding the IPv6 URL. C08 Fixed problem with recording MPEG-4 in Vista + protected mode on. C09 Fixed an issue where stop would sometimes hang for about 20 seconds. C10 A couple of problems using joystick have been fixed. New Features ============ F01 H.264 video support F02 RTCP support F03 Audio/Video playout buffer for RTP streaming (see MPEG-4 and H.264 tab). F04 Audio transmission over HTTPS F05 Added possibility to configure mouse wheel sensitivity when zooming. F06 The error message "Could not write to recording file" will be shown if the disk is full. F07 Enable Overlays checkbox is available in Mpeg4 and H264. F08 Ctrl+Shift+S show statistics from AMC in separate window (AMC must have focus). Modifications ============= M01 Changed "No Video!" to "Video stopped!" to avoid misinterpretation. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ========================= Please follow the instructions from the user's manual, available at http://www.axis.com/techsup/amc/ or the file named howtoinstall_AMC.txt. RELEASE 5.2.13.12 ================ Corrections =========== C01 Using mouse wheel for zooming in and out should now work properly. C02 Fullscreen on secondary monitor fixed. C03 Fixed scaling problem for overlays in MPEG-4. New Features ============ F01 Overlay functionality is also supported for the VMR7 renderer (Advanced Rendering disabled in MPEG-4). Modifications ============= M01 MD configuration now handles "���" and other "unsafe characters". M02 Changed "No Video!" to "Video stopped!" to avoid misinterpretation. M03 The video stream is now centered when the viewing window is larger than video dimensions. RELEASE 5.2.11.0 ================ New Features ============= F01 AMC core functionality rewritten for higher stability and performance. F02 Supports digest authentication. F03 Middle button click now zooms out. Modifications ============= M01 Snapshot and recording folders are no longer opened per default. M02 Windowless rendering for MPEG-4 and other DirectShow based media types M03 It is now possible to take snapshot and enter/exit fullscreen while stopped. Known limitations ================= L01 Trying to play MPEG-4/H.264 video on some netbooks with Windows 7 may freeze computer and require reboot. Workaround: Enable 'Use Advanced Video Rendering' or disable overlay support in the 'Video' tab of AMC Control Panel. L02 The client may stop displaying the MPEG-4/H.264 video stream after the PC has been locked. Workaround: Reload the Live View page. L03 Taking a snapshot or recording a stream when having the option "Open folder in backgound" enabled will cause the browser to lose focus and joysticks to give up control over AMC. Workaround: Disable option "Open folder in backgound" in AMC Control Panel.